Retired Gloucester Township Police K-9 Maximus Dies<\/p>\n
Retired K-9 officer Maximus has died after retiring from the Gloucester Township Police Department in 2014 due to his health, the department said.K-9 \u201cMax\u201d began his work with the GTPD in January 2010 before retiring in January 2014 due to medical issues. He died earlier in November, the township police said.Max served alongside his handler Cpl. Mark Pickard before being diagnosed with a medical condition that could potentially jeopardize the safety of himself, the officers or citizens that he protects if he were to remain in service, police said. Police didn\u2019t specify what that condition was. The police department said Max spent his retired life “playing fetch and relaxing.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Retired Gloucester Township Police K-9 Maximus Dies Retired K-9 officer Maximus has died after retiring from the Gloucester Township Police Department in 2014 due to his health, the department said.K-9 \u201cMax\u201d began his work with the GTPD in January 2010 before retiring in January 2014 due to medical issues. He died earlier in November, the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13261,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-13259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-nj"],"yoast_head":"\n